gold medal

American  

noun

gold medals plural

1. a medal, traditionally of gold or gold color, awarded to a person or team finishing first in a competition, meet, or tournament; championship medal.

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gold medal British  

noun

1. a medal of gold, awarded to the winner of a competition or race Compare silver medal bronze medal

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• gold medalist
  noun

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• gold medals
  plural

Etymology

Origin of gold medal

First recorded in 1905–10

Example Sentences

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gold medal

In the 800m, she finished first as she ran 2:10.45 to take home NI's first multi-class gold medal since Lady Mary Peters won the pentathlon in 1974.

From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026

"It is like we have won the gold medal tonight."

From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026

You know, 24 major tournament titles, 40 Masters 1000s, a hard-fought gold medal two summers ago in Paris, blah, blah, blah, all that.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026

At 17, she won a gold medal in speed climbing last week at the USU19 National Championship in Salt Lake City.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026

Prevail there and it would mean a trip to Berlin, another qualifying race or two, and finally the gold medal race against the best crews in the world.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown